A senior Ukrainian military official says newly mobilized Russians are “good for Ukraine” because, “They are rounding up drunks, alcoholics, looters and anyone they can find and sending them without training or expertise. They’re easier to fight than an experienced army.”
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) October 12, 2022
A Ukrainian military officer says hundreds of Russian convicts offered pardons for combat have already showed up on the battlefield in Ukraine, and that some have gone AWOL with their weapons to carry out crimes back in Russia.
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) October 12, 2022
Russian forces operation a 1943 Soviet World War II-era D-1 howitzer. pic.twitter.com/xWJCp2byRR
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) October 12, 2022